Michael Bruter

Director of the Electoral Psychology Observatory at the London School of Economics, Professor of Political Science and Associate Vice-President for Research, LSE, UK

Michael Bruter is professor of political science at the London School of Economics and Director of the Electoral Psychology Observatory. He has developed a distinguished research profile in the sub-field of voters’ psychology, political behaviour, and political science research methods winning multiple awards for his research and its impact including the Market Research Society Award for Best International Research and ESRC 10th Anniversary Celebrating Impact Award for Outstanding International Impact and was one of the winners of the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the year jointly with Sarah Harrison.

Michael Bruter has given talks to the Nobel Prize Dialogue and UN and was the first social scientist invited to give the annual STOA keynote lecture on the future of science and technology to the European Parliament. He has advised and worked with multiple Electoral Commissions as well as the European Commission, Committee of the Regions and many International Organisations.

He has published eight books, including Inside the Mind of a Voter co-authored by Sarah Harrison and published by Princeton University Press in 2020, and Citizens of Europe (Springer). He has also published numerous journal articles focused on topics within the fields of voters’ psychology, political behaviour, identity, and social science research methods.